Drug details
Aptivus (tipranavir)
type of HIV, Protease Inhibitors
Aptivus (tipranavir) is a protease inhibitor of HIV-1 used to treat HIV, which causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). It is not a cure for HIV or AIDS.
The drug is often used to treat HIV .
This drug may have the following side effects:
- hives,
- difficulty breathing,
- swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat,
- nausea,
- loss of appetite,
- dark urine,
- diarrhea,
- fever,
- swollen glands,
- night sweats,
- skin rash,
- unusual bleeding,
- weight loss,
- clay-colored stools,
- yellowing of the skin or eyes (jaundice),
- dry mouth,
- wheezing,
- weakness,
- cough,
- increased thirst,
- increased urination,
- menstrual changes, and
- right-sided upper stomach pain,
- hunger,
- sudden severe headache,
- severe skin rash,
- peeling,
- cold sores,
- trouble speaking or swallowing,
- problems with balance or eye movement,
- swelling in your neck or throat (enlarged thyroid),
- impotence
- joint or muscle pain,
- prickly feeling,
- tightness in your throat,
- blistering,
- problems with speech or vision,
- redness or sunburn,
The following drugs are related to Aptivus, either as a replacement or used together:
- Kivexa (abacavir and lamivudine film-coated tablets)
- Epzicom (abacavir sulfate and lamivudine tablets)
- Apretude (cabotegravir extended-release injectable suspension)
- Reyataz (atazanavir sulfate)
- Cabenuva (cabotegravir; rilpivirine extended-release injectable suspension)
- Vocabria (cabotegravir tablets for oral use)
- Tybost (cobicistat tablets)
- Prezista (darunavir)
- Prezcobix (darunavir and cobicistat tablets)
- Symtuza (darunavir, cobicistat, emtricitabine, and tenofovir  alafenamide tablets)
- Videx EC (didanosine delayed-release capsules)
- Sustiva (efavirenz)
- Fuzeon (enfuvirtide)
- Intelence (etravirine tablets)
- Isentress (raltegravir tablets)
- Selzentry (maraviroc)
- Viracept (nelfinavir mesylate)
- Retrovir (zidovudine)